The DC Cinematic Universe contains a bunch of pocket universes. There are the CW shows, the Snyderverse, the Nolanverse, and the multiple attempts to kickstart a franchise from over the decades. Now, however, there seems to be a formal delineation of what the DC landscape looks like. James Gunn is overseeing a newly unified DCU, beginning in earnest with the upcoming Superman, while other franchises lie outside of canon underneath the “Elseworlds” banner.
But a new quote from Gunn seems to suggest one of the most exciting non-mainstream DC projects — Matt Reeves’ The Batman series and its accompanying spinoffs— may play a bigger role in the franchise than we thought.
